Parasites

No, it is not the fearsome olgoi-khorkhoi, the Mongolian death worm of legend once feared by Gobi desert dwellers, nor an unspeakable dhole from H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction. Nor is it a prop Shai-Hulud sandworm left

Bed bugs, those blood-sucking assassins of tranquility, have most often been seen throughout history as pests with a small “p.” Their itchy bites can be profound nuisances, and the thought of them infesting mattresses and

Two weeks ago while on an assignment, I spent a couple of awkward nights in a budget hotel. The accommodations weren’t the problem—they were plenty comfortable and clean. Rather, my worries that I might pick

Two weeks ago I wrote about recent evidence that Oriental hornets might draw energy from sunlight—namely, that the microscopic structure of their exoskeleton seems to have photoelectric properties, and that the hornets might use the